US Severe weather blamed for at least 3 deaths in Midwest, Canada

00:35 06 may 2018

00:35 06 may 2018 Source:
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New week to return rounds of rain, storms to central US

<p>While the return of a multi-day severe weather event is not expected, rounds of rain and thunderstorms will keep the central United States unsettled during the upcoming week.</p>While the return of a multi-day severe weather event is not expected, rounds of rain and thunderstorms will keep the central United States unsettled during the upcoming week.

Severe Weather Outbreak in the Midwest , South (PHOTOS). As the derecho moved east Thursday, strong winds and flooding led to the deaths of at least three people in the South. (MORE: What is a Derecho?)

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At least three people are dead after severe weather swept across the upper Midwest and Canada Friday. It's the latest bout of severe storms after a quiet start to the spring, CBS News' Vladimir Duthiers reports.

Powerful winds toppled trees, peeled back rooftops and sent boxes flying across an airport runway in Toronto, and wind gusts of more than 60 mph sent a sky crane spinning in the city.

The Great Lakes region was under an aerial assault for much of Friday with deadly results. A man was killed northwest of Detroit when part of a tree snapped and fell on him while he was working in a yard.

"Who would've ever thought?" one woman said. "I mean, we all have the big trees in the yard. No one would have ever thought that. It was very sad, very sad."

A man in Canada died after witnesses saw him trying to clear downed wires from a roadway, while another was killed by a falling tree.

Nearly half a million customers in the U.S., from the Great Lakes to New England, lost power. Another 100,000 in Canada lost power as well.

Severe weather to threaten portions of central US several days in a row this week .
<p>Spotty showers and thunderstorms that develop over the High Plains are likely to bring isolated severe weather incidents during the middle days of this week.</p>Spotty showers and thunderstorms that develop over the High Plains are likely to bring isolated severe weather incidents during the middle days of this week.

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Severe weather blamed for at least three deaths in the Midwest, Canada

At least three people are dead after severe weather swept across the upper Midwest and Canada Friday. Wind gusts of more than 60 mph sent a sky crane ...

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